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M1210 vs E1705 performance with 256 MB video

post #1 of 5
2/3/07 at 1:46am
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Is the M1210 comparable in performance to the E1705 if both have the 256MB video cards in them? I'm looking for something small with comparable power to my friends laptop so we can play some games, but I need a smaller size.
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post #2 of 5
2/3/07 at 4:39am
That depends upon which card you are talking about. If you are comparing to the e1705 with 7900GS then HELL NO, the 7900GS is much more powerful than the 256MB 7400go in the m1210 and will have much better gaming performance. It's apples v oranges there.

If you mean the mobility x1400 in the e1705, then the answer is still no; the x1400 is still more powerful than the 7400go but not by as large a margin. But, all this is relative to what resolution is being used and of course all the other specs of the laptops being compared.

Look, the m1210 is pretty much the best 'small' laptop for gaming out there at the moment, and will play most games quite well from a couple years ago... but getting into todays games it is starting to struggle keeping a good framerate at anything above low settings. That is the price you pay for choosing a smaller form factor I am afraid. Unless you want to hang out for the Asus XG station (and see how well that works...) if you want a really good gaming laptop you are going to have to go to at least a 15.4" model.

Stu
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post #3 of 5
2/9/07 at 3:44pm
Keep in mind the Asus XG station will also only be providing a 1x PCI-E slot (not 16x or whatever normal desktops get), it may be quite a bit faster than integrated - depending on what GPU you have plugged into it - but it still won't quite be comparable to a desktop running the same GPU.
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post #4 of 5
2/9/07 at 4:12pm
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I was mainly wondering between them both having the 256MB video cards
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post #5 of 5
2/16/07 at 7:04pm
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Originally Posted by cybyte
I was mainly wondering between them both having the 256MB video cards
The E1705 comes with two 256MB video card options. So the question is which 256MB card are you referring too? The ati x1400 (256MB) or the Nvidia 7900 GS (256MB)? The x1400 is comparable witht he Nvidia 7400 available in the M1210 because they are both mid-range cards. I've read that they are both pretty similar in performance although the x1400 has a slight edge.The 7900 GS (256MB) on the other hand is a high-end notebook graphic card and only available in largeer 17 inch machines. It is far superior in graphics performance to both the lower spec Nvidia 7400 (256MB) found in the M1210 or ati x1400 (256MB) option found in the E1705 and 1505. It is also alot more expensive. Check this link out, it ranks notebook GPUs and explains the fundamental differences between them. Hope this helps.http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=39568
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